From: Joshua Hudson (joshudson@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jun 12 2001 - 02:47:09 CEST
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From: richard kirkcaldy <richard.kirkcaldy@ic24.net>
Reply-To: mulinux@sunsite.dk
To: mulinux@sunsite.dk
Subject: Re: [little OT] Creating a public terminal
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:11:14 +0100
09/06/01 21:33:32, "Vesa-Pekka Palmu" <vessu@dlc.fi> wrote:
>>
>>2. Staring X at boot time and loggin the user in automatically, with
>>very limited access of course.
>@Errm, why are you going to log the user on automatically? Ease of use?
>That >way everybody will be able to
>use each other's files, with a small number of users it isn't difficult to
>give >them all their own user area and easy
>passwords - "My First Dictionary" or similar may be usefull here. Use kdm
>for >reasons mentioned above. I think
>the way I got that working was to (re)move gdm and create a symbolic link
>to kdm >in it's place. It's not the best
>way, but I couldn't work out how to do it the other way.
>If you really insist on auto logon then something like:-
>### Start Script ###
>#!/bin/bash
>logon user pass #
>startx
>### End Script ###
>Might work if placed in /etc/rc.d/rc.local, I haven't tested it. Or
> >alternatively you could just leave it logged on all
>the time and run xscreensaver, though pesky students would logout.
Sorry, this won't work. Remember the not-resolved issue [mu startx] must be
root to start X. This is almost always true because X server must be root.
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